Foundation of the Islamic Republic

Revolutionary Council:

• January 12, 1979 – formed to manage revolution
  
  
• Temporary government to Khomeini
  
  
• Turned to a legislator council until the formation of the first parliament on August 12, 1980
  
  
• Laws were legitimate in the Islamic Republic of Iran
  
  
  

The Provisional Revolutionary Government:

• The Interim Government of Iran was the first government after the Iranian Revolution
  
  
• February 4, 1979 formed under the order of Khomeini
  
  
• Mehdi Bazargan was the interim Prime Minister of the interim government
  
  
• Had a 7-member cabinet
  
  

The Committees of Islamic Revolution:

• On February 12 the committees of the Iranian Revolution was formed
  
  
• The Komiteh, or committees, were to gather weapons and organize the armed revolutionaries
  
  
• 1990 – merged with the Police of Iran
  
  
  

• Formed May 1979
  
  
• Largest military organization of the Islamic Republic
  
  
• The force's main role is national security, internal and border security, law enforcement and missile forces
  
  
  

Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC):

• Began as a force loyal to Khomeini
  
  
• Later on became a full military force alongside the army in the Iran-Iraq War
  
  
• Later made up the Islamic Resistance and were known as the Jihad movement
  
  
  

Oppressed Mobilization:

• Khomeini commanded the finding of oppressed mobilization (Basij Mostaz'afin) in 1981
  
  
• Mobilized many skills to help the police and army
  
  
• Purpose was also to attack opposition demonstrators and ransack opposition newspaper offices
  
  
  

Hezbollah:

• Hezbollah – the “strong-arm thugs”
  
  
• Attacked demonstrators and newspaper offices critical of Khomeini
  
  
• Early in the revolution, Khomeiniists denied connection to Hezbollah
  
  
• In reality Hezbollah was supervised by “a young protégée of Khomeini”
  
  

Establishment of Islamic Republic Government:

• March 30 and 31 - Iranian voted on whether Iran should become an “Islamic Republic”
  
  
• Khomeini declared the vote a landslide victory in favor of the Islamic Republic
  
  
• Several groups however, boycotted the voting
  
  

Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line:

• Iranian militant group
  
  
• Occupied the U.S. Embassy in Tehran after the Islamic Revolution (Iran Hostage Crisis)
  
  
• The name refers to Imam meaning leader (Khomeini)
  
  
• Khomeini was not informed or aware of the occupation but later on supported the advance into the embassy